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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1897
Page
8
Carbondale readers are told Rendors will pleat note fhiat advertise morte and orders for job work as well as items for publication. The establishment Hannon & Co., newsdealers on North Main Street, will receive prompt attention. office hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Hon. J. F. Reynolds introduced a bill to amend the city charter and increase school board representation. The measure would add two members per ward, expanding from six to twelve, with each ward having two representatives under the general act of 84. The bill awaits committee action and a favorable report is hoped for by residents.
The Tote Fridus Club once a leading Cir borivale society ended its nine year run after a tidal wave of debts and lack of funds. Furnishings and belongings were auctioned to members with JT E Borwen buying the piano. All claims against the society were settled and the club ceased operations.
A midsummer gathering at Mrs J R P Ackley’s South Midd Street featured a farewell for Mrs Ackley. Mrs Ore Lechtt presented a teapot stand and water pitcher as a token of appreciation. Guests named include Mesdstypos ball Diaelew Mian Tuemien Neawwion Lanafelted Willian Millis and others.
The April partnership of C. W. Pulker and Professor A. Thomas, running a store selling musical instruments and music, will dissolve by mutual consent on April 1. Mil kerson will carry on the Westness business in a new building on Salen avenue.
Local notes record residents leaving forPaterson New Jersey and Symnecwuss Ohio. Various visits and trips include Mrs W M Tanthrop and Laithrop traveling, Master Mechanic Kavk Strafenger in Symecwuss, Mrs W Anderson and daughter visiting in Susquehanna, and Miss Gillivan leaving for New York for a protracted visit. The Century club convenes at Mrs All Pattenson's home. changes include W M Lathrosse resigning from the Leader and Benjamin Perry replacing Gelder as repertorial foreman.
Prominent Ii soclal wid ehurch work, active member of the Meth odiet church, departs with many friends fearing a long absence. WH Delaney of Farview street leaves Friday for Lexington KY to visit his wife, planning trips to Cincinnati Louisville and Chicago. Loren Paine of Tingnamton, in town on business, returns home. his mother, living with her daughter Mrs. G A Face of Terrace street, has spent the winter there.
A large crowd gathered yesterday for the funeral of Henry Moreland, president and citizen. The service began at his home then moved to the Presbyterian church with ministers from the Methodist Episcopal church and other orders taking part. Wreaths and offerings came from Knights of the Golden Circle and Sons of Temperance. Interment was at Forest Home cemetery with pallbearers from several orders. The Tribune invites readers to subscribe for morning delivery.
Hallstead and Susquehanna brief items include visits guests and relatives, moving into homes on Franklin Street, and local social notes. A Raspberry degree event, church lectures in Wilkes Barre, and a concert plan by the Methodists on April 26 are mentioned along with a temperance union union service. Coal prospecting around Jadekeon place is noted.
A column recaps Mrs Holbrook asserting that Roentgen rays the telephone the slot machine and the new woman are not new inventions. She cites a 1546 publication and a Greek inventor described in Mechanics Magazine Then a Chicago audience debates whether modern tech truly outpaces ancestors with references to Roentgen rays and telegraphy.
Owuttta Michigan March 28 Phomite Leadbeater a local fighter is sentenced to one year in state pen for destruction of property. He had wagered with a friend that if Bryan won the election the friend would carry out the act. The bet was settled weeks ago when Leadbeater damaged the windows of Hiertell's saloon worth 2200.
A meeting of Sons of Veterans in Northeastern Pennsylvania in Willie Morne was reported. Plans for a forthcoming lawn event in May, a Women’s Home Mission committee, and officers led by Noble Grand David Evans and others were listed.
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